Pray For Grace Lyrics - Everyone Deserves Music - Michael Franti

Why must I feel like this today 

I'm a soldier but afraid sometimes 

To face the things that may 

Block the sun from shinin' rays 

And fill my life with shades of grey 

But still I long to find a way 

So today I pray for grace 

I take a moment to myself 

So I can myself 

To feel myself 

And be real myself 

Life's addictions and afflictions 

'Cause abrasions from their friction 

Sometimes, it's easier to live in fiction 

I can run, but I can't hide 

From the pains that 

Reside deep down inside 

There is no pill 

That can be swallowed 

There is no guru 

That can be followed 

There's no escapin' 

From my own history 

Those that I hurt 

And those that hurt me 

I was dead for a million years 

'Fore I was born and 

I'll be dead for a million more 

After I'm gone 

So I live, to give somethin' 

That can live on 

Like the way you hum a song when the music's gone 

Like the warmth on the sand 

When the sun goes down 

And I'm sittin' with myself 

Nobody else is around but 

[Chorus:] 

Been a long, long time 

Since I been away 

Been a long, long time 

Since I felt this way 

Been a long, long time 

I found the words to say 

How much I'm grateful 

For my life today 

'Cause under every cup 

You might find a nut 

Behind every corner 

You might get jacked up 

At the end of every rainbow 

You might find gold 

The last bite of your sandwich 

Hope you don't find mold 

'Cause none of us 

Can live the perfect life 

The kind that we see on nick at night 

And sometimes, we all 

Just lose sight 

Of the pain that will guide us 

From dark into the light 

We fall down yes, but we get up 

And sometimes we just need 

A little bit of love 

To help make it 

Through another day 

Into the night, into the light 

Into a Saturday 

So in the morning when I'm waitin' 

For the sun to raise 

And my head's a little foggy 

Like I'm in a haze 

I remind myself that 

Everything is gonna be okay 

I take a breath, slow down and say...